Clayton Yeutter

Clayton Yeutter (10 December 1930-4 March 2017) was the US Secretary of Agriculture from 16 February 1989 to 1 March 1991, succeeding Richard Lyng and preceding Ed Madigan. From 1991 to 1992, he also served as Chair of the Republican National Committee.

Biography
Clayton Yeutter was born in Eustis, Nebraska on 10 December 1930, and he served in the US Air Force after graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1952. He became the owner of a farming enterprise, and he became Chief-of-Staff to the Governor of Nebraska in January 1967. From October 1970 to June 1975, he worked for the Department of Agriculture, and he became President and CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1978, heading it until 1985. In 1985, he was appointed Trade Representative under President Ronald Reagan, and he entered politics as a Republican Party member. From 1989 to 1991, he served as Secretary of Agriculture under President George H.W. Bush, and he chaired the Republican National Committee from 1991 to 1992. After serving as Counselor to the President from 1992 to 1993, Yeutter retired from politics to work at Hogan Lovells, and he died of colon cancer on 4 March 2017 at the age of 86.